What Skf bearings are for a 2017 ram 2500

I agree

Hes gonna go from 37k to 800k really fast. He needs more videos on his channel tho for people to see more and more of his work and that he continues to keep the quality coming

I know right... we gotta start sharing his videos

I agree , I say we all share his shit all over the place and do our best to help his channel boom

Agreed

for me, that would be the most important thing, low range in 2WD!

Good point...a lot of times I put it in 4lo just to slow down. I didn’t realize this until your comment.. thanks

Yup, especially if the truck is a stick, and you need to put the trailer into a challenging spot.

Other than reliability, this is the best thing about manual locking hubs. Makes tugging out bushes pretty easy. It's silly for a 4x4 work truck to have automatic hubs.

You can easily accomplish the same thing, with a 2lo kit....or, simply purchase a 3way vacuum switch off Amazon for $20.

This is one of those things you have to see to understand. Once you see a driveline total a truck, you never forget that image.

Exactly that and 2wd low backing being I have a standard was the reason I bought mine.

Cheaper than what it cost me to replace my front driveshaft and rebuild my transfer case including a new front case half

There is only one advantage to the way the trucks are stock: shifting into 4x4 without getting out of the truck. That's it. When you have manual locking hubs, and you anticipate you will need it, just lock them in, and now you have the same product, but you can still unlock them when the front axle isn't needed for pulling. When the stock bearings fail, they can cause damage because they literally fall apart in some cases, and let's face it, not everyone pays that much attention to the u-joints, and when they're always spinning, they wear out 100 times faster than when they only spin on demand. There are 5 of them, and only one of those is easy. The double cardan joint is a chore, and so are the stub axle ones. Unless you have free time and do all the work yourself, replacing those will add up over time to easily justify the $2k. It's also better, not just on 'steering feel', but on steering components. Less friction on numerous components, better fuel economy, less danger, stronger, serviceable parts, it's hands down a no contest. One more thing: you can use low gear on hard dry pavement to move heavy trailers in rough spots without stressing anything but the chain.

That's how my D21 is...now I feel old.

My coworker has a 70s Ford with them. I like to lock his hubs when leaving work and see how long until he notices.

My bosses 2018 F350 has locking hubs from the factory, manual and auto abilities. I didn’t know this was a thing that wasn’t on trucks these days haha. My OBS Ford has them, my super duty axle swap has them with the addition of vacuum control with manual so I can have some creature comfort. Sounds like you need a Cummins in a Ford truck and you have it good.

@@ZeroCool-vn9bd My 95 hardbody had the auto hubs, was so nice, but they don't like unlocking when they start to wear out.

@@thefunkilledu For western washington on my 94, manual is fine for the amount I used four wheel drive, but boy is it nice when you need it. What is the main wear point in the auto hub? Is it something that with a more agressive service or like boat trailer wheel bearing grease (good luck getting it off your bare hands, but works great with a little applied around the seals, not as the primary bearing grease) The manual hubs on my truck have always been suprisingly buttery smooth no matter how many days below freezing... I have been living abroad in denmark for many years now, a rare 4x4 turbo diesel parked in front of the apartment once, the US market was left out.. Oh well, gas is over 8 bucks a gallon here, looking forward to US prices next month :p

I’ve been trying to do one a week, but missed the last two since I was wrapped up in proposing to my girlfriend! I’m back on track now though. 🤘

@@JustDiesels Congrats!

@@JustDiesels that’s awesome to here bro I saw on your Instagram, but I’m sure if you uploaded a lot more on yt you’d blow up, I love your videos and the effort you put into them

@@JustDiesels congrats dude

Thank you!

Glad it was helpful!

Axel is bad enough but what about the front drive shaft have you seen that carnage. If not just look through any of the Cummins forums. That's why I just installed mine. I keep my driveshaft greased but it still scares me. My son just saw one in the shop where driveshaft locked up and broke took out transfer case, wiring harness,part of floor pan and rung rear pinion while driving down the interstate and about wrecked him in the process. I got my spintek hubs delivered for $1700 and they can be rebuilt for around $60 a side with timken bearings from any auto parts store. By the time you rebuild a front driveshaft and replace ujoints and wheel bearings your at around $800 and if you have big offset rims you'll be replacing wheel bearings about every 30000 miles at least I was using timken or skf. Nice thing with the spintek kit is you can unbolt it just like a wheel bearings take off the outer hub and rebuild it on the work bench if needed. To me it was an easy decision.

Congratulations on the new truck! The 98 12v trucks are the dream! I appreciate the support!

I could replace the u joints, and wheel bearings probably 2 times over and still be cheaper than these kits....

@@Adrian64yt wait until front driveshaft explodes and takes everything out in it's path. Son just finished one that cost over $11000 to fix between shaft, transfer case, rung rear pinion and cut main wiring harness plus about came through the floor driving down the interstate at 70 mph and about wrecked him. $2000 is way cheaper!

You still happy with the Ram man?

Agreed though I have the spintek kit it makes a huge difference and piece of mind not worrying about front driveshaft blowing apart made up my mind.

Just installed the same kit on a 05. How often are you repacking the bearings?

@@jamesvaldez4093 Probably every other summer, but to be honest, it doesn’t usually get driven over about 8k miles a year. It’s a good kit. Has held up well. Bitch to press out the old hubs huh??

@@3rd_gen_j Awesome!! I put about 5,000 miles a year on mine so I end up doing most of the maintenance by time rather than miles. It seems to be a really good kit and so far I've had to lock them twice and no problems. Yea that part was a pain in the ass!!! Lol. Are you using a specific grease to repack?

@@jamesvaldez4093 Always amsoil

@@3rd_gen_j Thanks!!

It's way easier to do the hub grease than it is to replace the whole thing, for sure.

Source of your $1700 kit? Thanks

Why don't you just leave your manual hubs locked all winter?

@@russgould707 where I live we have really mild winters so it wasn't really an issue.

My Yukon hubs are at about 120k miles now and are ready for a re-build. That’s a decent lifespan in my opinion as the previous owner didn’t grease them at all.

@@JustDiesels how often do you expect to re grease everything?